Sash-cord fastener



(No Model.)

W. ALTIOK.

p I SASH CORD FASTENER. 332177? Patented Dec. 22, 1885.

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\VILLIAM ALTIOK, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

SASH-CORD FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,773, dated December 22, 1885.

(No model.)

citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and use ful Improvementsin SashOord Irons,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and eflicient sash-cord iron for attaching the cords of window-sashes to the sides of said sashes, which can be readily attached and detached, and wherein the cord becomes self-locked or fastened by merely doubling its end, without the necessity of tying any knot in the cord, as is ordinarily done.

The novelty of my invention will be herein set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal central section of the recessed shell. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the anchor or stay-piece. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central section of the anchor and shell, the former inserted to its proper position within the latter. Fig. 4 is a central sectional elevation showing the application of my improved sash-cord iron to the sash, and with the cord attached.

The same letters of reference are used to indicate identical parts in all the figures.

A represents a metal shell, cylindrical in form, but whose bore, as shown, tapers slightly from the outer to the inner end, being smallest at the outer end. The outer edges of this shell have two semicircular recesses, a, cut in them at points diametrically opposite, and the rear edges have slots or notches b to receive and hold the shoulders cof the anchor or staypiece B. The cut-out portions d are merely to save metal and lighten the structure. The anchor or stay-piece B is provided with a rear tapering slot, 6, and with concavities f on each side of its head. Additional notches, g, are cut in each side of the head to leave retainingpoints h, which, when the anchor is inserted, bear against the inner side of the shell and aid the shoulders c in retaining the anchor securely in position.

the sash D and communicate with the grooves therein, in which the sash cords E are recessed. These bores are made of exact size to snugly receive the shells A, which are inserted therein, as seen in Fig. 4.

The manner of attaching the sash-cord is as follows: The anchor B is taken in the hand, together with the shell, from which it has been detached. The lower end of the cord is inserted through the shell and bent around the anchor, so as to lie within the slot e. The anchor is then inserted into the shell, with its shoulders a resting in the slots 1). The cord is then drawn up tight and becomes securely wedged in the slot 6, as shown in Fig. 4, after which the shell, with the cord attached, is inserted into the bore 0 of the sash and the whole self-locked/as will be readily understood.

The cord, in passing from the shell, lies in sashcords which firmly grips the cord, while at the same time it prevents it from flattening when strain is on it, or where soft cord is used.

I am aware that, broadly considered, ashell with a tapering loore and a wedgeshaped anchoring-piece are old, as shown in patent to A. J. Chase, No. 179,160, of June 27, 1876, which patent I own.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim The combination, in a sash-cord iron, of a shell, A, with tapering bore, outer recesses, a, and inner slots, 1), and an anchor or stay-piece, B, provided with a rear slot, e, retaining-shoulders c, concavities f, notches g, and retainingpoints h, the whole constructed and adapted to be applied in connection with a sash-cord, substantially as described.

WILLIAM ALTICK.

\Vitnesses WEBSTER W. SHUEY, EDWARD L. ROWE.

Cylindrical bores O are made in the side of 

